This reports covers developments between October 2017 – October 2018, although some cases/procurement procedures discussed in the report began before this time period. BIRN reported those cases in this report because they are only now beginning to piece together a more complete picture of what happened in those cases. This is the third consecutive report from BIRN Kosovo and Internews Kosova (I/KS) on public procurement monitoring, produced for the purpose of monitoring procurement activities in the Republic of Kosovo. Besides looking at public documents, this report also includes records of legal violations published on KALLXO.com, the anti-corruption platform of both BIRN Kosovo and I/KS. These reports have been addressed and published on KALLXO.com and BIRN Kosovo’s other media
platforms. The report also analyzes the transparency of contracting authorities (CA) with the public, with regard to access to information, in particular regarding public procurement. According to the law that guarantees access to public documents, BIRN Kosovo and I/ KS submitted a total of 69 requests to the contracting authorities From the requests submitted, BIRN Kosovo and I/KS received 55 responses, many of which did not fulfill BIRN Kosovo’s requests. Therefore, BIRN Kosovo has evaluated that information and documents on public procurement are partially accessible. It is worth mentioning that some contracting authorities responded within the day, and some others did not respect the legal time frame.
